Gardenig in state Minnesota. Tips & Guides

It also takes some experimentation, since our modern homes tend to lack just the perfect place. (Oh, to have a root cellar!) But knowing the basics helps us do the best job we can–and also to grow crops we are capable of storing, or only to grow enough for a shorter period in storage. How to stash homegrown garden vegetables (and which ones, including winter squash, to cure first in a warmer spot for best results):temperature and humidityMANY VEGETABLES prefer to be stored surprisingly cold, at 32 to 38 degrees F.  Notable exceptions: sweet potatoes (55-60 degrees), and pumpkins and winter squash (50-55, after a week or two curing even warmer).Many also like it humid (root vegetables and potatoes, for instance—like 90 percent or thereabouts), b

Longtime friend and fellow garden writer Ken was just back from a garden-filled lecture trip across the nation, with stops at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and in Northern California when we spoke. That’s an exceptional private garden in Piedmont, above, that he visited.Read along as you listen to the July 15, 2019 edition of my public-radio show and podcast using the player below. You can subscribe to all future editions on iTunes or Spotify or Stitcher (and browse my archive of podcasts here).q&a with ken druse: ken’s recent garden travelsMargaret Roach: Hi, Ken.

Are you facing any tomato troubles about now? Well, there is help to be had, in this updated interview from Dr. Meg McGrath, a longtime vegetable pathologist for Cornell University. Though people often lump everything into “late blight,” it often isn’t actually that disease at all, and it’s critical to know just what you are up against.Meg knows from tomato diseases—both as a passionate backyard gardener and as a scientist, headquartered at Cornell’s Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center in Riverhead, New York.Data and photos from Dr. Meg McGrath’s laboratory research, along with findings from expert colle

Alan and I spoke about some of his own native-plant adventures, and he highlighted some native annuals for us that can play various key roles in our gardens, as they do at his place (above,Euphorbia marginata, snow on the mountain).Alan is Director of Operations at the 1,200-acre Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in suburban Minneapolis. He’s the former Director of Horticulture at Powell Gardens in Kansas City. And he is the author of two books on Midwestern natives: “Native Plants of the Midwest,” which is a comprehensive guide to the best 500 garden s

A range of the smartest tactics to accomplish that was the subject of my conversation with Meg Cowden, author of a new book called “Plant Grow Harvest Repeat.”Meg Cowden (@seedtofork on Instagram) gardens in the Upper Midwest in Zone 4b Minnesota, but that doesn’t deter her from eking out an extended harvest of a diversity of edibles that anyone, anywhere would envy. How she does it, using a range of strategies

Today’s photos are from Mary Murphy in Minnetonka, Minnesota. We’ve visited her garden before (More Blooms From Mary), and today she’s focusing on her lily collection.

A dusty Nick Stanek stepped off his tractor after an evening of round baling hay.

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Some vegetables we grow in our gardens have names that may exaggerate a little. Take ‘Great White Northern’ beans, for example, which I’d argue are just a bit above average, but not necessarily “great.”‘Supersweet 100’ tomatoes go in the opposite direction.We link to ve

Copper pennies contain pure copper, which has great antimicrobial, antifungal, antibacterial, conductive, and biostatic properties. It can also be helpful in a variety of other ways in the yard! Let’s have a look at some amazing Penny Uses in the Garden!

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Eggs are useful for you and Eggshells–for the garden, you may know it already. But if you’re not convinced yet, this eggshell tea therapy for plants will convince you for sure.

 Not happy with the way your plant is blooming? Here are some quick hacks on How to Fix Leggy Petunias Quickly to make sure they flower in all their glory!

With no shortage of television commentary and press coverage of every type, there is no point in me writing an in-depth review – so instead this is a round-up of the things that caught my eye – the people, the plants, the gardens. This was not a vintage Chelsea in my estimation, but then I go there with a critical eye, whilst most visitors are there to enjoy themselves and there was plenty of evidence of that, even if the gardens were a bit thin on the ground. The People